The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ;. . The report lately printed by , the Emigration Com mittee will be read with considerable interest, even by those who reluctantly and partially coincide in the views which it discloses. It is a good. surgeon who knows how to amputate a limb, .but he has more ability who effects 'the cure without so severe an operation. •At first sight it appears very. plausible to recommend the transporting, to other countries, of large bodies of the King's subjects, who . ' pessess no means of decent subsistence at home. When, however, we proceed a little further into the sub ,„ject, the immediate application of such an experiment to 'practice presents us with two points for COMfideration :-- , sit, The injustice of the proposal, .without striving, by some inquiry into the causes of the redundant population, to ascertain whether a remedy less heart-breaking thin the final abandonmeht of their native country might not be found effectual fora portion at least of the, paupers of England, and' for a certain time. 2 d, Whether the real difficulties, in the way of an experiment, on a scale cor responding to the acknowledged nature of the exigency, 'have been fully taken into account by the Committee.' It • may be stated that England, Ireland, and Scotland, with the aptitude : of each to profit by the measures recom. Mended, are embraced by the views of the Committee, acrd referred to in its report. The fact of a redundant po• pulution is given, and serves as the, basis of all the re inerks and propositions detailed in the report. The causes of it are but incidentally touched upon by the Committee, although they are explained in the evidence more at length, and they ought, we think, to be maturely weighed be Ore • any new plan of dispeopling the country shall be adopted. It is obvious, that in looking at the manufacturing parts of - England, and at Ireland as a whole s the same pas• sion has acted upon two classes of men in very:oppo site circumstances' and has, through different modes of operation, tended, in both islands, to a similar result. lhe cupidity of the manufacturer here has occasioned an eager (Wand for manufacturing labourers, which, though exhibited in irregular and unequal paroxysms, upon the whole, progressive throughout a pe 'tiostof V•years ; and, calling into activity immense num bers of hands previously employed in agriculture, while it encouraged marriages which brought millions snore into life, the fruits have been an increase to the inhabitants of Great Britain far beyond that amount to which the power that engendered them could furnish a continued and com petent subsistence. , ence. This stimulus, displayed by the ma nufacturing interest, has. been all along reinforced mid sharpened by the excess of paper money, or, in other Words,- by. the universal system of running .in debt", and further, by the unwise administration of the poor laws.— In Velma' the improvident rapacity of 'the landlord has produced the same effect as that of the English manufac : thrill, and the Irish gentleman slid not require fur this purpose the help of poor laws or of paper money. He multiplied ad b! i finitunt the tenants on his land, as the ma • nufacturers of England did the occupants of their work shops; . and his grand auxiliary was the barbarism of a people who had no taste for the comfort* of life, but of fered their weight in silver for potatoes. In.Eugland, so far as, the manufacturers now thrown out of bread are con "'Tilled, inch a reduction in the price of bread ought to be effected, as would enable them to live on the wages whiiih theie,employers could aflbrd. A repeal of the corn laws, t h er efore, ought to be tried, before recourse was had to the.eaustie or knife of emigration. With regard to Ire land and to the agricultural paupers of England, we do not see hoW any measure of domestic policy can supply the • employment of which large multitudes stand in need; but we are bound to add, that neither the report nor the evi dence suggests to us 4 satisfactory or sufficient plan for carrying into effect the required alternative of emigration. It is statedoind we believe the statement, that tracts of land, of undefined extent, and of unequalled quality, ,may be found in the British Coloniem of North America, Southern Africa, and New Holland, with • its ilts peodenties, quite equal to the location of tie many xnilliu,:'s of emigrants as it can be , con'petured that this cototrY will furnish throughout ea long tutu ity " hills of eseuge:' , 11 0 ;v to transpott our poor countrymen to is the sole: knot to be untied. The these Committee inform Jis, that an average of 201. each will , sale for the conv e y s :nee of emigrants to Canada or New Brinuswick, and for their first settlement there. ft is pro posed that the sum so required shall be raised by annuities for ea given number of years, of 31. 10s. 9d. for each sum of SU, assumed as the cost of a family of-four persons.— Now,only imagine the' eripence of such a measure, if exe cuted on any scale of such magnitude as would make itself felt as a relief. :One hundred thousand emigrants to Ca nada would cost two millions of money. But it would take • half a million Of people, at least, to accomplish any serisi . • ble relief to the United Kingdom ' and a prime cost of no sis than ten millions sterling. Could this he attempted with any prospect of sluices*? Could the estimate be re gamed as fully equal to the k expenditure? Then, again, how conk: A great and sudden increase of inhabitants find food in any of put' colonies ? And if not a great and and• den efflux Irma titglatult what relief should we experi• e pee. ? E m i gran ts f ro m the Weald of Kent to New Vont cost but 13/. a-piece. Why is this Government so mud less expert as an economist?' Of the expense of trans porting to New Holland we have /` sperience enough on , that subject—enough to deter us trots: a n eaterown 0' that scheme to any magnitude capable a assisting our mass of paupers.—As to Irish landlords subserijug sums of vioney, or incurring rent-charges to u liberal m ount, it is a pure vision. They are themselves but an order of more'gentlemanly 'paupers ; and many of them might be fitter subjects for emigration in thew own persons, than promoters of its advantages in behalf of others: —With respect to English parishes, the case is different. We are of o p.;nion, that the poor 's-rat(' might be mortgaged bene ficially for the removal of their poor. But in this country the first obligation upon Parliament is to try a repeal of t h e C onn Laws, Which might keep our working classes at home, insteal.l of first taxing the nation, that the land , owners ma y eel '," dear bread; and then taxing it, a second time, to feed elsere l here those whom, for the sake of these same land-owners, si,e have rendered unable to purchase it. --'!'mires. We regret that the exp:oit of an American ship, the Come, commanded by a C o win Elliot, in violating' the 'Brazilian blockade in the Rio de la Plata should have been mentioned in England as a gallant and spirited deed. it is sorely not for the benefit ' of mankind, that the corn- paratively. sarong should Gully the comparatively weak, or that the 14 " of tiatiO A S . mild be set at nought, when ever a party nial do n Ri r d wi i th present impunity. When the Optic quitted ~ , he wood Itot tie linowe L att49l - 0, notice was given that i o u riss the blockading equadron. Upon her arrival in the ce i ) do to Plato, the Maria du Gloria, of :tlguils, three voured to stop bet O 1 t h e thrtvr,",", and a brig, endea ow it : , thOlt, and an Intimation was sent to her Captain far ther. lie, however, prep,,,ii was not to proceed ~ .e r. .g v a ge, was enabled having the advantage of th e \ y ea h ' nee a la - "oge , and, Now, to complete his purpose, that of the vigtthle channel, so comnarativeky ' Lt i r l re e Y " " in 4 na ' vim a de (dela Rio de la Plata is, oft the Ortiz Ilank,l" blockade, we know' not what i 5 mea nt and the Cyaue acted, not as a neutral A ll r a hi " "de' • p, MA as a Belli- ! gerent. The conduct of her Calitain was t h at „ f aL i terous bully—bold, beeause he knew that he No - —us ' enemy to deal with. The rights of neutrals mid th:iriak of belligerents are co-relative to each other. Th e An g i It .* l cans never omit an opportunity of infringing owieevrel: they can do so with safety) the latt r er, as ackn of owiedgeatihdei4 the Publie L a w of Europe, unde pretence exte, v the former. It is a shallow policy, and mort mischievous to the world. The real practieal effect of extending the pretended rights of neutrals against belligerents will be.- tti mak e neutrality almost impossible, and lo convert into belligernts those who otherwise might have been llVll tral,—Nem Timer and Representative. . .. , We Live often remarked upon the ev!renie ab thesurrdity ld of . mo dern architects, in excludi n g light from i bui ings; and t a t *limant.wherein the short ness of the .010110 b~~~~ ..~> ~' J~ ~j ~~ days, and the frequent cloudy state of the atmosphere, ren ders an'exactly opposite conduct the plain dictate of common sense. The justice of this remark isbest judged of by com parison. Let anyman for a monient,place himself on the brow of the ,Green-park, with the new mansion of the Duke of York and the old one of Lord Spencer, full in his view, and he will see this illustrated in a way that he will feel to be undeniable. Who the architect of the one or of the other is or was; we do not know ; but if any man can view - these two mansions (glancing his eye at the same time a little further to the left, towards the yellow brick breast-wall of Mr. Baring), and not say that this art, in stead of advancing, has worldly deteriorated among us, we think there can be nu such thing as taste, or good sense in such matters remaining. The architect of Mr. Baring's house (who is himself, by the by, one of the Windsor Committee of taste) first makes - large windows look i ng into Piccadilly, and then erects n wall, very wisely, to shut oqt so 'unseemly a prospect ; while the view over the Park towards the Surrey Hills, which other people have raised houses a story or two to get at, he wholly shuts out [iy building the house disproportionably low, and with little pigeon-holes for 'windows, equally opposed to light, to air, and prospect. A similar comparison to that we have been mentioning may be made by any one who will put himself in a situation to view from the same spot the old Banquetting House, at Whitehall, and the modern gallery atliiir just beginning to develope its up-stairs ter races at the corner of Downing-street. Here the architect, not contented with making the windows much too small, actually overhangs them with ugly, useless projections, which must exclude one-half of the little light they would otherwise receive ? Now foreigners must laugh, and natives of judgment grieve, when they witness such absurd oings as these I—Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--Yesterday a person of military ap pearance, named Pobert , Phillips, was brought up under Sir Thomas Vintner's Act, on a charge of having violated the • trust reposed in him an an agent, by fraudulently selling out a quantity of stock, belonging to John Donnelly, and appropriating the pro ceeds to his own use. . John Donnelly, the prosecutor, deposed, that he is a retired Lieutenant of the 2d regiment of Royal Veterans. He had em ployed the prisoner to receive anti transmit his pay to him. Wit ness resided in Jersey. In •1821 he remitted , DM to the pri soner, to invest in the Navy Five per Cents. This was done.— When the Navy Five per • Cents. were paid off, it was recom mended by hint that this money should be re- invested in the Three per Cents. Witness sent him a power of attorney .to sell it out of the Five per Cents., and a request to re-invest it in the Three per Cents:, as he had suggested. The charge now preferred against the prisoner was, that be had re-invested the money, not in, the name of the prosecutor, but his own, and that lie subsequently sold it out, and made use of the proceeds. . Two solicitors attended on the prisoner's behalf. One of them contended, that the case did not come within the meaning of Sir T. Timer's Act, as an agent. He bad received no money. The Prosecutor.--I can prove that I tendered him money, which ' he refused. Sir JOHN Pritaitfa said, that to his apprehension, it did not appear that the payment of money was requisite. He considered that a man was an agent who tindertook to net for another, whe ther he was paid for it .or not, and that the statute did not con template any limitation of the nature contended for by thelearned gentleman. The solicitor said, that at the most the offence, upon the prose eutorti statement, was a inisdemeamir, and not a felony. The other solicitor spoke in a tone scarcely audible, but we un derstood hint to say, he should he able to prove it only a debt. - - After some further discussion on the act, the prisoner was remanded. • GUILDHALL.-- Oliver Saville, the driver of the hackney coach No. 94, was brought before Mr. Alderman Warruinaw yesterday, charged by Mr. Savage, the Com Mon Councilman, with being in a state of beastly intoxication. The complainant stated, that about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, he was croattiag from Fetter-lane to the Temple, when he ottserved the prisoner, evidently in a state of intoxication, ly ing across his coach-box, the coach itself being drawn tip against the pavement in Fleet-street. - Ile ordered tile •waterman of the coaelitstand there to keep hold of the horses heads, while lie went in search of the streatikeeper ; and upon his return, he fo u nd • chariot drawn up alongside the enact, and a fare he (primmer) had taken up was getting into it. While this was going forward, the prisoner rolled off the box, between that and the body of the vehicle, and fell between the wheels, but he fortunately sustain ed no injury, and with come difficulty he was forced into his own coach, and conveyed to the Compter. On the way, how ever, a strong body of hackney-coachmen endeavoured to rescue the coach from'the officer; but he succeeded in taking it to the green-yard. The Alderman inquired for the owner, and as he showed symp- . tomss'of alarm as he approached, he told him he was not going to punish him for what his man had done—he ,only wished to know something of the prisoner's character, and to be sure that his master was aware of hie conduct on this occasion. The owner said, the prisoner was not in the habit of refusing liquor when offered to him, but it roust be an extraordinary quan tity that would take effect upon him, and he had not been in capable of hie duty from drunkenness for a year past. Ile was a very poor man, and spending every day the gains thereof. AU the prisoner had to say for himself, was, that lie knew he had had a slip. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, he never Suffered hackney coachmen to escape their deserts; not that he had ally anti pathy to the race; not that he punished coachmen, be cause they were coachmen, - but , because he knew that they cal culated upon impunity in their misdoing* in one hundred cases to one where they rmit with punishment ; and they calculated rightly, for the public did net like the trouble, and could not spare the time, to sustain their 'complaints, and the city police neglected their duty. If rim officers would walk with him, when he left the justice-room, he would venture to say he could in a quarter of an }tour point out twenty persons who ought to be summoned, though they could never see them of themselves. He fined the prisoner tca, for being drunk. BOW-STMT.—Robert Marshall, who keeps a cheese monger's shop in Rosemary-lane, East Smithfield, was charged •by Joseph Sharpe, of Albion-road, Union-street, Borough, I broker and appraiser, with an attempt to stab him, while in the execution of his duty. Mr. Morahan, whose head was bound up ,in consequence of a blow he received from the complainant , was `attended by a professional gentleman, and Mr. James Dowling, the barrister, appeared on behalf of Mr.. Sharpe. The cAmtplamant.istoted, that in consequence of instructions he received to,levy a distress on the goods of Mr. Marshall for non payment of rent, he went last week to his shop for that nurpose, and immediately proceeded to execute his day, by formally dis-- ' :raining the goods which he found upon the premises : while so engage ,l ; Mr. Marshall advanced from behind him counter, and brandishing it, large knife, lie swore he would kill him if that nbe did. o not latently quit Ai rrentioes, declaring kill h distren should lie levied UPlrrti ail long as lie held such a weapon to defend it. if in the perform- Mr. MINSHTILL here asked the complaintlt ant* of his duty he had said any thing insulting Yarahalls or tending to provoke him; to which question Mr. g::594 Fl owered in the negative. Mr. Marshall's legal adviser then cross-examined Mr. Sharpe at some length, with a view to prove that he acted as a broker under an assumed name, and that, in fact, the act of distraining was rendered illegal in consequence of such assumption ; but it did. not appear that Arr. Sharpe had changed his name, or had acted in any way to annul the distraint. It, however, appeared that the co m pl a inant, believing that the defendant was about to put his threat into execution, for be saw hint advancing towards him with the naked knife, and fearing, as he said, that his life was in danger, took a two pound weight front the counter and hit Marshall on the head, who fell from the force of the blow. A crowd collected round the house, and Sharpe was glad to forego his seiz u r e , anti escape from the fury of the mob. It also appear e d that Marshall took out an a s sa ult-warrant -against Sh ar p e , an d th a t th e complaint bad been h eard before the magistrates of the 'flames police-office, who held Sharpe to lied. Mr. Mufisopta, sail that, as the business bad already been in ir- e g r t i r st a st u f . le , a ,t h d av , veallgated, he thould refer the complainant back to the Thames- Pfdice-offiee, which was tha propermSturter to apply to, the t. iing,_occurred within the district over which the ma tte saute i ll a 4 l a w ." l " Presided. Had he been snow aware that have ilieutv34.4 it n t troghe forward at another office, he should that he g i . , re ant be gg fti loth parties to take notice trate , b e r i „., whart v i n. l , ( _ , either ont way or another. The magis tigured, bad already ratter had been in the first instance in- : should now refer it. . Y na4e a decision in the case, and to thou he It seems that the tides of several iii disputed, and that digms 4 lionesslin " . `"q -lane are varmuts )4Vr been issued against all who occupy them, but officers are by no means anxious to put the law in force, as they consider it a dangerous neighbourhood. A person of the name of M'Cullen claims to be the principal land lord, but his pretensions have been in every instance disputed, and by none with more determination than Mr. Marshall, the defend ant in this case. - - ---- --- - , HATTON-GARDEN.---Ellen Sullivan, was brought before the sitting Magistrate 'to answer to the following charge :'--- Mr. Tomlinson, a pawnbroker, residing near Euston-square, 'said a woman came to his shop, and offered a sheet. for :Pledge. for 3s. in the name of .Sellivan, 3D, Burton Crescent. On ex amining the sheet, he perceived the name of Mason, Mune corner, and it immediately occurred to lion that be knew the name, .aud, after a few minutes' uonsideration, he recollected that a Mrs. Mason kept the house which had been named, and that she had been robbed 'about twelve months before, of a quantity of bed and table linen,_ by a women having charge of her house, and that a considerable part of it bad been pledged at his shop. He had, since that time, been particularly cautious from whom he and now ,questioned the individual more closely, rwelereoiseadidpslleredgwat sent with it from Burton r crescent, by a woman named 'Sullivan. Ile detained the sheet, and directed his young roan to go to the house and make enquiry. , In a short time he re turned, accompanied. by the prisoner, who requested to have the sheet given to her, acknowledging that it was the property of Mrs. Mason, who was out of town, and that the was about to pledge it for a temporary purpose only. He, Mr. 'T., however, gave her into custody. Mr. Rouxas said that belted acted perfectly correct. He then asked the prisoner what she had to say in her defence? The prisoner, in tears, assured his Worship that she wanted the money for an immediate use, and intended to redeem the sheet.— She had never done such a thing before, and was not aware it was a crime. Mr. Rouxes—Not a crime! Why, woman, you have com mitted a felony ; and a very slight difference in the charge would have caused your committal to Newgate. • A gentleman who was sitting with Mr. Rogers, assured him that he bad known the prisoner a number of years, and found her rmifirrmly honest. Mr. ROGERS saiiljte was happy to have so good a character of her, and should, on this account, discharge her. MARYLEBONE-OFFICR;-L-E/erubeth Lane, a young well featured female, whose entire dress consisted of an old great coat and a petticoat, was charged by Adam Gladden, a constable, with having attempted to drown herself, and John Priest, an ill looking young man, with having part of her clothes in his pos session. . As a Mr. Abbott was. returning, en' Saturday evening, from Ilampetead to St. John's 'OOOl.l, his attention was attracted to the corner of a field, by the cry of " Murder !" • On going to the spot, be found a man in the act of drawing the female from a pond ; she was half-naked, having no upper garments, and she• was insensible. At first they laid her upon the, grass ; Mr. Ab bott then perceiving that she had imbibed a great deal of water, placed'her body against his knees, which gave' her relief. ,As soon as her sensibility returned, the man who took her from the water left, and at the instant Priest came up with her great-coat' in his hand ; this placed him under suspicion ; but when the girl recovered her speech, she begged that he might net be hurt, as she meant to make away with herself. She informed Mr. Rawlinson that she cohabited with Priest, and they slept at a lodging in St. Giles's. On Saturday afternoon they walked up to Hampstead, and got something to drink at a public-house, which she left in company with another man, who very ntuch abused her, in a by lane; she resisted him, and in the scuffle he tore the coat front her back, and she inuneffiately, from distress of mind, attempted to drown herself. She is a native of Dudley, and has no friends in the world, excepting a sister, who lives over Black friars-bridge. Priest corroborated her story as to her having left the public house with another man. After she was gone, he heard the cry of murder ; he knew it to be her voice, and in his road to the pond be picked up her coat. Mr. RAWLINSON asked him how he got hie living? ' He said he was at journeyman carpenter; his last job was in the Belvidere-read ; when he got work he maintained her, but he had been out of employ for tin ee weeks. , Mr. Rawt.rtesosi,—And I suppose 'she has been maintaining you by her prostitution, and then attempted to destroy herself. He made no reply, and she burst into tears. Mr. RAWLINSON ordered that chic should be taken to the work house, and that . Prietit should be 'detained until some one would become security,for his appearance when r , rtoired. 'l'll AM ES POLICE-OFITIC E. —Yesterday Slimuel Libby, who was brought up on Saturday, charged with the murder of T. Tate, on hoard. the Kent South-Seaman, was put to' the bar previous to his Committal. ' All the witnesses were in attendance, and their depunitions being read over to them, they were bound over to prosecute. Mr. BRODERIP inquired whether the Captain of the Kent was present? Captain 'Parkins immediately came forward. Mr. BRODER!r handed the Captain a paper, which, lie raid, he was re; quested to do by the prisoner. It was an account of the wages due to him, which lie 'demanded payment of. . The Captain replied, that until the ship was gauged he could not tell what was due to him. Mr. Berms:ere inquired how soon that might he? The Cape tain said, about five days. Mr. Buoustare eared what sum it was probable would be coming to the prisoner. The Captain said that the prisoner would be entitled to the Itifith part of the cargo ; and he conceived that if he bad been on duty the whole voyage, be would be entitled to about 38/., but that he was 11 months in irons, aod, of course, wages were only due to him up to the period of the fatal occurrence. Mr. Bnoteitete asked, what might have been due to the prisoner at that period ? . ' The Captain said he could not tell, as he did not know what the price of oil Was in London then; but be imagined there might be 18/. or 201. coming to the prisoner. He stated that there was au account due to him by the Khmer. Mr. BRODIMP inquired what could bathe nature of the account which the Captain had against the prisoner? The Captain stated, that the prisoner had put him to great expence in consequence of breaking his irons, and escaping three times, and with the expencee of .retaking him lie charged him. Mr. Baonsate expresses some surprise at hearing that the pri soner had attempted to escape, and begged the CiPtain to state the particulars. • The Captain said, that being anchored off New Zealand, the prisoner broke two locks which secured his irons, and effected his escape into the bush at New Zeeland, among the natives, and lie was obliged to give the natives several muskets, as a premium for retaking the prisimer, and after three days' hunt they succeeded : the second time he escaped, they were lying in company with another vessel, . and he again contrived to get 61 of kis irons, and got the ship's boat, and escaped iii her, and they overtook hint pet near the shore. The third and last time he made a. desperate effort ; they,, were lying at anchor off ' the shore about three quarters of a mile, and lie again broke the locks which fastened his irons, jumped overboard, and attempt ed to escape by swjrnmiug, and the attempt was very near euc. ceeding. The priioner evinced a considerable degree of impatience disc ing the recital . of the Captain, and frequently exclaimed, " Hi charged me 76 per cent. on things which he gave away Co others —that's not fair." Mr. Hamm requested the Captain to , explain what the pri soner meant. The Captain said that every sailor bad a share in the cargo, and he pays all expellees, insurance, &C., and brings out with hint certaiu articles for the voyage, such as slops, &c. which he sells to the crew at the usual allowance of 76 per cent. profit; and that it coat hint a great number of muskets, which he gave the Nov Zealanders for the taking of the prisoner, and which be had charged him with. Prisoner- . —You charge use 131 . for the muskets for taking me, and 111. interest upon it. Mr. Baoorair rooked how was that? Prisoner—The price of a musket here is only 1/. lbs., and he charges me '75 per cent. on it again. Is that fair ? The Captain said it was the usual allowance, and appealed to the rest of t h e crow . H e said that the prisoner was a fellow o f most infamous character, and as long as be was on hoard hie ship gave him a great deal of trou ble. Prisoner (looking at the Captain most indigna n tly. )_lf I was fellow of iulantous character , wh y did you snake a n officer of me? pi triw Captain (contemptuously.)You an offi cer . Prisoner.-,-Yea, I an okficer ; was I not the f oresteerer ? atAlled, payr.BaontEheuiperilslpeerd any thing CAta t n itere was owi ng to hi m , as his would, on th e vesse l b e i ng g situation was a very aufortunate one. The Cjiptain assured Mr. Broderip he would. The prisoner way than fully committed for trial, anti all the parties left the office. -TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.—j„ "P , „. --. ..abnurne, a ii , j , elderly mall, below the M iddle stature, with a thin s h ar p visagi" , wearing spectacles , and dr,4liArespee*ly 1i a black cot , ye w, waistcoat, and striped jean trowsers, a pair of red blorP(l 9 ?t!i . pers on his feet, and a f ur call in bar on hand, was brought from Liu , hail, in euetoi t y - o f one o f the city o ffi cers, and put to th e the following charge of felony:— 1,, _on-road , Mr. Nathaniel Crew, hoot and shoe maker, 5, ond St. George's-fields, said tliat on Thursday last the prisoner: cattle into his shop, and introducing himself as a Newcastle merchant of immense wealth, gave his card "Mr, Joseph Labourne," and desired to be shown, some ladies' shoes, .of which he ordered six pairs, together with six pairs of men's for his own wear. He then tried on two pairs of Wellington boots,. walking off with the last pair upon him, whilst he, Mr. Crew, was gone to another part of the shop to make out the bill. The other goods 'he bad ordered to be taken by five o'clock to a respectable hop-factor's in Union-street, where be said lie was going to dine, and they should be paid for ; but, when sent there, all connexion with . him was disowned, and a refusal given to receive any goods on his account. The prisoner, who had been shuffling a parcel of letters about in his hands—" I didn't happen to be there, or the money would have been paid." Two days afterwards, continued Mr. Crew, I found him out, The prisoner—Found him out--4 think you might have said the gentleman. ' Two days afterwards, resumed Mr. Crew, .1 found him out, having received information that he was expected to sleep at an hotel in Midge-street; Blackfriars, and obtaining the assistance of a constable, awaited his coining in the coffee .room until twelve o'clock, when he made his appearanc' from the street in the slip pers he has now on, obtained from a shop on Ludgate-hill, after a similar fashion, and on being asked for Payment of the boots, swore like a trooper at the insolence of troubling a man of his rank with a paltry cobler's bill, and flatly refused to pay a far thing. As a dernier resort, he was then given into the officer's charge. Several other persons he had spoken with had been simi larly treated with himself, and would doubtless come forward on hearing lie was in custody. Alderman J. J. SMITH asked Mr. Crew, whether he hail con , sented to give the prisoner credit for any part of the goods? Mr. Crew answered, he had never contemplated it. , . • . The prisoner, when called on for his defence, tendered several letters for the Alderman's perusal ; but he declined looking at them, desiring hint to state verbally whatever he wished to communi cate; when the prisoner stated, that on trying on the last pair of boots, they fitted so to a hair, that his legs began to swell prodi giously, and he found it would be inconvenient to draw them off again—(l.anghter)—and he asked the prosecutor's leave to walk down to the hotel in them. _ _ _ " That you never did—it would have been useless, if you had, said Mr. Crew. The prisoner said, the affair was offered to be settled, on the payment of os. for the wear of the boots. Mr. Crew admitted he offered to take 20e., the price of the boots, and have no farther trouble. Alderman .§strtx said, that from the early part of the evidence, however craftily the prisoner had acted, the charge of felony was completely brought home to him ; and the course to be pursued, 'Clear and defined. As the case now stood, he should remand him for a week, when, doubtless, if the matter was made public,'other charges would be brought against him. The prisoner was taken back to the cage, marvelling how a man of his consequence, worth 9,000/. a-year, could be supposed guilty of felony. The following curious dialogue took ,place in the cross-examination of a witness •on the Northern Circuit : Mr. Sergeant Cross—What are you, Sir?----Witness. A school master, at your service, the time I was at Manchester—the time the note was given. Mr. Sergeant Cross—How many scholars have you ?—Wit nets. 130, when all present. Sergeant Cross—ls it a classical school ?—Witness. lam not a classical scholar. Sergeant Cross—Yon had a holiday, then ?—Witness. Yea. Sergeant Cross—Where are the boys now?---Wituess. I have given school-keeping up. Sergeant Cross—Did you give theM up, or did they give you u p ?....„Witness. They did not pay rte=—they were a bad set. Sergeant Cross—What are you mow ?—Witnese. I am a bailiff's officer, when at Chester.—(A laugh.) Sergeant Cross—Not Lord Lieutenant, nor High Sheriff?. Witness. That's all. . Sergeant Cross—What are you here?.—Witness. I am a w yes, at Lancaster. Sergeant Cross—You walked yotir body off from Chester 1818 ?—Witnetts, I went to America for a debt of /7! could get no money. I was six months absent. Sergeant Cross—Have you compounded ?—Witness. like many others. Sergeant Cross Well, Mr. Bailiff, did you not say yesterday that you would bet b to 1 that the defendant gained the cause?— (A laugh.) Witness. 1 did an hour ago---and 1 will bet you the same that he, oteyht.—(Murtt laughter.) . sergeant Croaa.—Did you not say, if you could have a tete-a tete with his Lordship, you would coon convince him to that effect?—Wituesa. Yes►, if he had tinte ; because I would divest it of the rophistry.—(3luch laughter.) Sergean►. Cross—Then you would, have pleaded Ay, if I had a wig.—(Renewed laughter.) • SERIOUS ACCIDENT. On Sunday afternoon Mr. Henry Fenwick, of Wandsworth, ac companied by, his daughter, were returning home from town, in a one horse chaise, when, on reaching Westhill, the horse took fright, in consequence of a boy in an errand cart blowing a bugle horn. Mr. F. escaped, with the exception of some severe bruises, but his daughter was taken up senseless, awl on being taken 'to a surgeon's in the vicinity, it was discovered that her left arm `was broken, and a slight fracture on the skull, with other severe in. juries. She k now in a fair way •of recovery. The horse and • chaise proceeded home without doing any , further mischief. RIOT IN KILMARNOCK. The fear of the scarcity of meal has produced some mobbing and rioting at Kilmarnock, and five men, James Begbie, James Donn, George M'Connel, Jam., Maitland, and James Humphri, have been in consequence, committed to prison. On Wednesday night, the 9th c►►rt. between two and three hundred person, collected on the street near the Relief Church—:and were there harangued by one or two of their number in relation to the scarcity of meal and the course to be taken to procure it. The harangues being clos ed, the mob proceeded to the cross, and froM thence to the shop of John Templeton, a meal-dealer in the Strand-street. Observ- ing the crowd coining, Mr. Templeton Shut up his shop, and ap peared amongst the crowd, assuring them he had no meal, but they instantly caught him by the collar and broke his windows to pieces. A number of theM carried in their hands staves or stubs. It was now past ten o'clock, and the servants, by whom the houses are inhabited; had retired to rest. At Fardlehill, after breaking the glass above the door, the rioters gained admittance, and searched for for meal, but found none.- They then proceeded . to Greenhill. The manager of the farm showed them his own Chest which contained some pecks of meal, but with this they were not content. Whilst these things were going on, the magistrates of Kilmarnock _collected a number of assistants, and p rocee d e d on t h e ro ad to wards Greenhill, with the view of'"oppOsing their lawless con duct., The two parties met between Greenhill and Kilmarnock, and Some conflict ensued. The rioters threw several stoats, some of which hit two or three gentl emen ; b ut t h e mag i s trates and their assistants succeeded in c a pt ur i ng f our or five of the rioters. The whole were brought t o Kil marnoc k, an d, after a,precognition by the Magistrates, th e men above mentioiled,were committed for trial. Whilst the precognition was , in progress at Kilmarnock on Monday, a no th er pl acar d was c i rcu l ate d throughout the town, calling a second m ee ti ng . This meeting was to be held in t he evening; and, as the placard indicated, the proceedings w er e to be directed c hi e fly against Mr. Fulton, the proprietor of bill. It ie probable the ease will come before the ensuing Cir cuit Court of J us ti c i ary .—Glavolv Courier. MEETINGS OF CIiEDITORS. LONDON DIARY, Ttwasnav, Auouvr 24, (At the Court of Columisoiouers.) W. Marshall, St. Mary at UM, coffee-house keeper At 12 k;tockton I I S. Campbell, B C ri ° l:ll, N aTtßttiVe White Lion, R. Eastgate, York—Public office, Barnsley ................. 11 3. Morrison, Wigan, Lancashire--Buck th' Vine, Wigan 6 Hutchinson and Co. Stockton-on-Tees—Black LotL, F. Kennedy, Kingston-on-Hull ,— Dog and Duck, Ki ll t gh on- on. Tho ........... ............ . ................. R. Kent, Liverpoo l—G o lde n Lion, Liverpool • 1 Lane, Hoe hd a l e ---Wellington Hotel, Rochd a l e W Mercer, Manchester —White's Hotel, M anc h ester P;otullove and Swift, 131ackburn—Star, Manchester W. Smith , Bath—Greylionntl, Bath W. Winsor , Ivybridge, Devonshi re — Royal H o t e l, Pl ymout h Winstauley and Carver , Liverpool—George, Li ver p oo l Wolsten ...anc_croft, h eattr—Star, Manchester SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.—On Sunday the '7th ibseant were interred at Congletoir, the remains of two von *mien, each aged 22; they were first cousins, horn ul die same hour, died the 'same hour in the saute day, and the funeral service was read over them at the same time.--Illaccleffeld Herald. THE LATE FIRE IN WILMINGTON-SQUARE. The body of Mr. Parker, the late. proprietor of t‘ house in Wilmington-square, which was destroyed by fire on Saturday night, was yesterday dug out of the ruins ; part of the child's body was also discovered. • It . appeo that the watchman on going his rounds observed the sntoke issuing from the lower window, and he• instantly alarmed the neighbourhood. 'The noise brought several persons to the spot who were then leaving the Merlin's Cave public house, among whom was a labouring man. . This person, with the assistance of the watchman, burst open the door, and went into the lower part of the house, but could dis cover no flame or fire, nothing, in fact, but a dense smoke. He then hastened up stairs, and, before he arrived at the first landing, he met, Mr. and Mrs. Parker coming dOWn in their night clothes, and greatly alarmed. They reached the street doors when Mr. Parker recollected the five chil dren who were in the upper rooms asleep. He hastened up stairs, although the fire had then begun to rage with great fury, and brought down two of hi s children in his arms. The man before alluded to, followed his example. and brought down two more children. By this. time the flames had ascended through the back rooms, and in a few moments reached the upper story. At that moment the piteous cries of the poor child, which slept on the second floor were heard. The labouring man ran up into the drawing room, but he could proceed no farther. Ali% Parker, however, regardless of the danger which presented itself, went up into the child's bed-room. He was ob served to have the infant in his arms, and was , p p re to reach the street, when the floor on w hich he stood gave way, and he fell among the smoking ruins. His body, when found, was dreadfully disfigured ; his head is alm ost aring burnt to a cinder, and his legs, thighs, anti arms, are also much burned. The child's body is almost entirely con sumed. The head, which was in a wretched state, was found, but every other part of the body is almost reduced to ashes; the remains of both were found lying together in the back kitchen, under an immense heap of rubbish. They were Conveyed in a shell to the vault of Clerkenwell Church, where they now remain for the Coroner's inquest. 4' hi ie At the celebration of American Independence at Ogdensburgh , the following toasts:vas given by G. M. Hopkins Esq. : " Our neighbours on the other side of the St. Lawrence: nay that noble stream not long remain a northern boundary of Ame rican Independence." HOP INTELLIGENCE. $ 13oaouatt, MONDAY, AUG. 2 1 .—The Ho p s continue in Tine growing state ; the general picking commences in about tea days. The present estimated Duty is 220,000/. Prices of old are c ro . mina). One new Pocket of Kent has been sold at 10/. pf , r vt A supply cannot be expected till the secon d or third week n Sep tember. (ANOTHIR ACCOUNT FROM THT Botioucit.) daisturilloctops•s2t continueol h e g T u h to e te a b F orny ttits alf, fr av o sso n ia, t eb bEH ywe o rs p hi n iar la n ec t a s ou t w iw w is ta l : f t . c ip o p u ilrt r l t i i , i ort , . l the new crop. The market has been supplied with oDt new. Hops, the growth of Mr. Austin , of Rolvenden, n . a " t which has been sold for 10/. per cwt. The duty is tiling" WACO/. MAIDSTO)IIt, Auo. 17.—A1l accounts this week are falplur a able to the improvement, if possible , of th e Hops. Th e "" talons round this neighbourhood present a beautiful. ara APP eile- 1 and ilarefrgou 2 getting ; I. for t l o va 2 r 2 d o f , o o r oo pl l. ucking. Duty advanciriploi Woa 162 ctrria, Auo. 16.—0 n Saturday 140 pockets, an d Y e t:, terday (fair day) 36 pockets were weighed in our m arket; ~, tr.= M. to 6/. The accounts from the Plantation l eave no &IL; that the produce must be lug.; the flea has par tiall y *PPes.r.i„ iu a few places. Some planters think they shall commence plc. ing in a fOrtuight. LONDON MARKETS: PRICE OF BREAD. tro 6 The highest price of Bread in the Mepolis is 91d. for . 41b. 4oaf—There are others who - Sell from a h a lfpenny to t v/°- paiee halfpenny below that price. ....... PRICE 'OF SEEDS.-Am. 21. Os 14 ' . New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.)..........- b2s • &s. tine ,' , Old Ditto Ditt0.......- _ .. - 3lss. 45.. fine 50s. ~..w" New Foreign Ditto .50s. :As. fine eks• r, Old Ditto Ditto . Ns. 445. tin. 48e. M -- New Wnite Clover _ . 545. tins. tine 63.. r.: Old Ditto . , ...- 30s. 455. tine 48s. „„ 21- _ New Trefoil ,- , 21s. 255. tine tla v* . 01dDitt0...........................—................W . Ss• 14.. line 1811, 1,- ., Rib Grass ---....... English Carrawoi Seed .5.....5.......55..5.-.5........... . SNs Foreign Ditto . , 29, 2:5 6.,. .. 2 r 801.. . " line : S titri • .4 ,7 ..... Coriander - . 15s. 11.. We. O. St. Foin ......-,.........(per Quarter) _ -1. 311 s. 455. tine‘:,,. Rye Grass - , s. v2s. 265. tins*. Pacey Ditto ................ -s. 119 s. 3 46 . ti " 'S. Linseed, for feeding . - -e. 345. . ti ne , ' 3 ,5,. Ditto, for crushing _.._. -s. SOs• $ 1- ti "` s , • line ..." • Canary M ust ar d ew.--Slo. Ols. dine Ills. 1216.-01d -- ,..,,' sine -$• White ustaSeed.. 4per 8u5he1).......... --a. lOL A._ 1 -- fine --I , Brown Ditto . -4,• 1 - Is. - . fine iii. . - - Turnip Seeds --• "n., - W ne_ . 13s. 14, , ,' Tares Old ~........91. M. los. dd. - tine S. Ott New -- 9 . - :224. t 10 " RaPS ' Seed, English, line (per Last) SIM to 2_ ,__ 2 .._/. F( . 21 1 !____...... ___°----' . PRICE OF OM. PO 6 Rape Oil, brown SOL Os. Refined 2 5 LI Linseed Oil 13 . 0 Linseed Olt Cake at the 84111, per thousand 6 6 Rape Cake, per ton - WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.--Atio. t aj, too. 84s. Od. to 106.. (kl. 90s. oa. to 130*. Od. I Clover. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—Auo. 9 1 . Oi• Pockets, 91.—__ 19. 94 } : a. . o t ti o o4 l l l/ ODlu .. tiy ol o.l. . 4: K at en sei t xs: Sussex 8/. 10s. 91. Os. to 91. 12.. Sussex 1 7 • 1 t ° o 2/ 0 ,, sex Istitham,itine (Pockets) 12/. Os. to 1 01.—f Seconds, """ PRICE OF POTATOES—Atm. Too. New Potatoes 31. ss. to 31. PRICES OF LEATHER. ' it ci, ,is Per lb. d. d. i pelt) ; ~... ___. ii t`„' l a 8utt5.....-5 0 to 551 b...... -. t 0... I Tanned Horseiing"" — 11 t'" Ditt0........5 0 to &d.*. to Spanish Dressing Hides....-- b ... 13 to 15 Per t dos e 't , . iiiii ,, id I , 0 Fine Coach Hides ~... 15 to 17 Calf Skins.... 3 .1. t: i7:116, 0 L i' li Crop tildes, 35 to 401 b... 13g to 15 Ditto ......... ,Dth : A o b. g!, i c , Si Ditt0.............45 to 5thb....141 to 17 Ditto '''''l.ntle i" , - Ditto ..—.....................» 17 to 11/ Small Seals, 0rte11:77.-- • • Off _.. :..•"- s. Per Stone. I. RAW HIDES. • p e r Stone- 00 Rest Heifers and Steers 2 4 to 213 Ordinary I Middlings 2to S 4 Motet MU ---*"*. SHEEP SKINS. Lantba,..l2. 3d. to IS. 13d. Feau... Os. Od. to Os. 1 shorlinal_.--- LAL MARKET.—Auu. s. d.! Wallin Id Bell's... 3U 0 WallsEndßevricke.33 9 I W. E IS 0 W. E. Green's.... 27 0 W. E. Hotspur 26 3 W. E. Newmarch 30 3 W. E. Northumb. 19 0 W. E. 27 6 W. E. Peareth....... 28 0 W. E. Russell's 32 6 W. E. Itkidell's 31 0 W. E. Walker..., 31 U 29 0 27 0 91 0 27 6 Ktllingworth 29 6 Liddell's Mai L... 45 6 Ord's Itedhugh 25 3 Percy 26 6 Pontop Windsor— 28 Tantield Moor— 31 Townley --.. 28 9 30 6 Wytain--. 28 6 Ship. at Market, Ul--Ships sold. 41%' tk .0 31 IJ i lV a" 17 To rlit_ in I I tl Larilbv., 00 11 e , 0 e CatrP e hr istir , "'" 31 0 Cut 0 Fora 41 g 110 1,11 4 CI)%,;; „, watstone Li n d LP; ts ", r- 141 ,00 w St e ROO 's.l 4 IS 8u"eI l s VV* • Voo Es ( q ) . ll , t t l l i m Lady a 17th inst., at Rok ley of j II' • 5. Al°""- ep ---- - - ark , the seat J . ...„ of J o hn Mo ß rri lß tt T , Esq ll. ~ of a daughter' ... Willi n al t u he Ar l i 7 ns tlLb n i g s , t. o , f a t t he th s e h C ie l l i d ur F c i h ei o d f , AU ..... • . --- - . ~,tir MARRIED. 1,/,,vico -0 upon-Tyne, by the Rev. Robert Green, M. A'' alljg;forti4 B. Bodily, Watson,i Esq., of the Temple, London. to Anne, only I On the 19th inst., at St. Peter's, Tiverton , b y the A RE /ll' sil Smith, R. A. Fellow (A./Cities College Caihri.o, se Amory, Req. of Thr - L0 ;.,d 0 .to Al l " ' ogmortou-street, -11 ' t he daughter of John ileathcoat, Faq. of Tiverton. ,0; 0 1 1 , On the Bth inst., by t h e Rev. R. B. Baileys ."' weso4, Saints, font Tower, Mr. W. Youngest son of George Roddy, Esq., of His Mak il i i : lot O e° Woolwich, to Sarah Harrioti,' only daught er t ' l " ----- Dowse, Esq., of the former place. ------ t., ---_—_.--_----- DIED. h o f Sil os Ofit ' l e Of fever, at Mirzapore, near Calcutta, on the - I , it& „ e l 182 b, William Henry Whin fi eld, Captain in the Sti t t o try, el' .1 the lion. Eatit India Conipany's Bengal Native ltn 1 0a. 31 ; an officer of great worth and merit. ~, erect, On the 17th alt., John Smith, Es of Sad‘ vte- • - l q. - ~.., , c v dill •y, in the 81st year of his age. • . 0 ,,,,,, Lad.Y ' s oi On the eoth ult., aged 89 years, the Right No n• Nipter, Napier, relict of the late Hon. 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